{"product_id":"the-front","title":"The Front","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the São Paulo Prize for Best Book of the Year, \u003ci\u003eThe Front\u003c\/i\u003e by Edimilson de Almeida Pereira introduces us to a nameless figure who refers to himself only as a \"man-tree.\" He lives beneath the din of police helicopters and beside an imposing garbage dump, where, as a child, he'd hunt for books. How will he respond to a system that attempts, relentlessly, through its tedium and violence, to silence him? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThis separation between there and here, between them and us, transformed the child in me too soon into an adult. There's something painful in this development, from being a child burning with joy, despite his own fear, to becoming a man who, every minute of the day, holds himself back from setting the world on fire. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Front\u003c\/i\u003e is an astonishingly original novel, one that nevertheless brings to mind James Baldwin's unflinching critique of modern society and Clarice Lispector's daring experiments with language. \u003ci\u003eThe Front\u003c\/i\u003e introduces to English-language readers an important, deeply poetic voice from contemporary Brazil.","brand":"Sundial House","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48515393552633,"sku":"9798990322448","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/1811\/7625\/files\/imageloader_8f7a1920-6021-487c-9031-17380baa01db.jpg?v=1781207691","url":"https:\/\/hookeandplotte.com\/products\/the-front","provider":"Hooke and Plotte Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}